Location: San Francisco, California System Size: 32 kW Energy Output: 59,247 kWh per year Savings: $10,127 annually Results: CO2 emissions reduced by 82,520 pounds/year (equivalent to 97,183 car miles/year) Success Story PDF

	"EI Solutions made solar power so easy to implement, even arranging financing." - Virginia Donohue, Pet Camp Director

Pet Camp, a San Francisco-based pet care business, provides care for as many as 180 dogs and cats a day. Located in the city's Hunter's Point neighborhood, Pet Camp operates a 12,000 square foot facility dedicated exclusively to high-quality pet care. In addition to boarding and feeding city pets, Pet Camp provides organized play time and one of the only pet swimming pools in the Bay Area. Thanks to its energy-hungry pet dryers, industrial laundry machines, refrigerators, pool pumps, lighting, and HVAC system, the company wanted to find a way to reduce its hefty monthly electric bills.

As a small, locally owned business, Pet Camp was looking for creative financing options that would make solar power an affordable option for the company.

The EI Solutions engineering team started with energy usage data provided by Pet Camp's utility to develop a detailed profile of the facility's energy usage. Referencing this profile, the team used solar modeling software to determine the appropriate solar power system size to maximize system output and financial savings.

EI Solutions then secured payment for 50% of the project's costs through the PG&E Self Generation Incentive Program in the form of a direct cash rebate. EI Solutions also provided turnkey tax-oriented lease financing through one of its financing partners. The lease payments are only slightly more than the energy savings from the system.

Because EI Solutions helped them to navigate the maze of regulations and financing options, Pet Camp got a solar power system that a small business might not be able to attain on its own. In addition, their tax situation didn't enable Pet Camp to take advantage of the usual tax incentives for solar power. So, EI Solutions recommended a tax-oriented lease, and connected them with a leasing company that supplied them with advantageous financing.